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6. Governance and Society

verfasst von : Corey Lofdahl

Erschienen in: Estimating Impact

Verlag: Springer US

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Countries with collapsed governance – so-called failed states – are common targets of international interventions. Not only do failed states impose enormous suffering on their own populations, often necessitating humanitarian aid and other forms of intervention, but they also constitute a key threat to world security. The National Security Strategy of the United States of America states, in fact, that we are now “threatened less by conquering states than we are by failing ones” (NSC 2002).

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Metadaten
Titel
Governance and Society
verfasst von
Corey Lofdahl
Copyright-Jahr
2010
Verlag
Springer US
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6235-5_6